A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 13, 1975

Compared to Esalen, Primal Screaming and similar trendy behavior
therapies, Transcendental Meditation is downright dull, says Associate
Editor Gerald Clarke: "You don't shout, you don't take off your
clothes, you don't blurt out your sex life to a bunch of
strangers." Thus Clarke, who describes himself as
"superrational," decided to try it. Last Aprillong before
he knew he would write this week's Behavior story on TMhe invested
$125 and four days in TM training. "I can't claim any
miracles," says Clarke, "but I write with greater ease and
speed now." Doing this week's assignment, even Clarke was
surprised by the...